Sanitary pouch



W. K. FLETCHER.

SANITARY POUCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. me.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

WILLIAM K. FLETCHER, or DES MOINES, Iowa.

SANITARY POUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application filed April 30, 1918. Serial No. 231,602.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. FLETCHER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Sanitary Pouch, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a supporting means and a detachable sanitary pouch adapted to receive and hold the private parts of a person who may be afflicted with a disease which may cause a discharge of pus or other putrid or diseased matter.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a sanitary pouch so constructed and arranged that it will not permit contact of such diseased matter with the clothing or bed clothing of the user of the pouch.

A further object is to provide such a pouch which can be readily and easily removed from its supporting member and thoroughly cleaned for further use.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a sup porting belt device and a sanitary pouch thereon embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawing I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally an abdominal belt which may be of any suitable type for the purpose and may have the buckle 11 or other suitable fastening device. I have shown the belt equipped with the ordinary scrotum suspensory bag 12.

My improved sanitary pouch comprises an elongated bag 13 of any suitable material and is provided with a moisture proof lining 14 which is preferably stitched on the lines 15 so that the stitches may be ripped for removing the lining if desired.

The belt 10 is provided near its front portion with spaced flaps 16 which are provided with fastening devices 17. The pouch 13 has on opposite sides upwardly extending flaps 18. The lining 14 is extended to and over the inner surfaces of the flaps 18. The flaps 18 have on their inner surfaces near their free ends co-acting fastening devices 19. Each flap 18 preferably has a plurality of said fastening devices so as to allow for some adjustment of the pouch on the belt. The fastening devices may be the ordinary glove fasteners or it is obvious that any thing suitable for the purpose, such as straps and buckles, safety pins, clasps or buttons might be used.

In the practical use of the pouch the belt 10 is placed on the body. One of the flaps 18 is then detachably secured to one of the flaps 16. The diseased organ is then placed in the pouch and the other flap 18 is secured to the other flap 16.

It will be noted that the flaps 18, when the device is in use, overlap the sides of the suspensory bag 12 and that said bag 12 assists in holding the pouch 13 in the proper position. In use I find this an important feature of my device.

It will be seen that when my improved sanitary pouch is used no diseased matter will come in contact with the clothes of the wearer. There will also be less likelihood of diseased matter being scattered indiscriminately and my device therefore affords some protection to the public.

The pouch may be easily removed from the belt and may be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected and used again. I believe that the use of such a device would greatly reduce the spread of certain venereal diseases.

It will be seen that some changes may be made in the details of the construction and arrangement of the parts of my invention without departing from the essential features and purposes of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claim any modified form of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may reasonably come within their scope,

I claim as my invention: of said suspensory bag, said pouch and said In a device of theiclass described; a belt, last flaps having a removable moisture a suspensory bag supported thereby, said rprooflining, said flaps having eoacting 10 belt having opposite flaps at the sides of fastening devices whereby the pouch may be 5 said bag, a sanitary pouch eemprising an heldin proper position immediately: below elongated bag having opposite upwardly exthe bag. I V

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